DAVE JONES has blasted his Bluebirds for failing to show there’s more to them than just Craig Bellamy as they lost second spot to Ipswich yesterday.

Star man Bellamy was missing again as Cardiff went down for the second game in a row, an own goal from Adam Matthews and one from former Swansea striker Jason Scotland doing the damage at Portman Road.

The skipper was joined by Seyi Olofinjana, Danny Drinkwater and Michael Chopra on the absent list – and Jones was left fuming that the men who came in couldn’t fill their shoes.

And he warned he is prepared to swing the axe the moment his squad returns to full strength, insisting Cardiff’s promotion chances hinge on proving their strength in depth.

Jones said: “You’re only as good as your bench.

“People had opportunities to come in and stake their claim. “They could have done that and made it hard for me to change it.

“It’s not now, because they loaded my gun and pulled the trigger for me.

“We can’t keep relying on the players we’ve brought in. Anybody will miss the players we’re missing – they’d get into many teams, most into Premier League teams, so it is difficult for us.

“But the rest are good enough and we’ve won games without the others before, so why has it changed? Maybe one or two didn’t put enough in to grind out something.

“Too many people made too many mistakes and it doesn’t matter who we have out, the players who come in have to be better than they were.”

The defeat – which keeps up Roy Keane’s 100% record against Cardiff as Ipswich boss – comes after the midweek defeat to Leicester.

Cardiff now have until Saturday to get back up to speed before Kenny Jackett’s Millwall head to South Wales for a midday clash.